Pahor hails potential of Three Seas initiative, warns against divisions

Pahor, who hosted the summit in Slovenia last year, assessed the initiative had grown into adjustable platform for speeding up the development of countries located between the Baltic, Black and Adriatic seas.

"We find that a faster development of the countries in this initiative will contribute significantly to greater prosperity in the EU," said Pahor, who argued that Slovenia's location and its open economy call for better connections with neighbouring countries.

Slovenia finds all three pillars of the initiative to be important, meaning infrastructural connectivity with its favourable effect on the economic development of Central and Eastern Europe, greater convergence among EU members, which would help prevent the artificial divide between the East and the West, while additional encouragement is needed for building ties within the EU and for stronger cross...